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2025 DAILYLAW 188618 (ALL)

SITARAM v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 4 OTHERS

BAIL/6766/2025 · 2025-11-11

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6766 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.482 of 2024 under sections 137(2), 87, 64(2)(m), BNS and section 5(j)(ii), (L)/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Satrikh District Barabanki. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in her statement under section 183 BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that as the parents were beating her, she had left home. The tentative age of the victim is around 16 years, however, there is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim. 4. Considering the statement under section 183 BNSS, the applicant who is in custody since 21.03.2025 is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Sitaram be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Saud Rais, Mohd. Shadab Siddiqui Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sitaram .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. November 11, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 6766 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench